Where does “cesspipe” come from?
cesspipe (English) comes from English cesspool, from English sesspool, from English suspiral, from English AL, from Dutch al, from Middle Dutch al, from Old Dutch āl, from Proto-West Germanic all — to grow, nourish.
cesspipe (English): A pipe for carrying off waste water, etc., from a...
Definitions
- A pipe for carrying off waste water, etc., from a...
Ancestry of “cesspipe”, step by step
cesspipe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cesspool
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cesspool | An underground pit where sewage is held; A filthy... |
| 2 | English | sesspool | Archaic form of cesspool |
| 3 | English | suspiral | A breathing hole; a vent or ventiduct; A spring... |
| 4 | English | AL | Initialism of assembly language; Initialism of... |
| 5 | Dutch | al | all, all of; already; yet |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | al | all, all of; completely; even though, no matter... |
| 7 | Old Dutch | āl | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | all | all |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | allaz | all |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |
via English pipe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pipe | Meanings relating to a wind instrument; Meanings... |
| 2 | Middle English | pīpe | A pipe; a piece of tubing used as a channel (often for fluids) |
| 3 | Middle English | pipen | To use a pipe or similar musical instrument; to... |
| 4 | Old English | pīpian | to pipe |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | pīpan | to peep, to chirp, to squeak |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | pīpaną | To chirp or pipe like a bird or rodent; To talk... |
| 7 | Latin | pipo | I pip, peep |